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1854, 5c Orange Brown, Lithograph (7c). Vertical block of six from the top left corner of the sheet, large margins except at upper right where slightly irregular, cancelled by light strikes of four-ring target, bright color and very fresh

FINE-VERY FINE. THE FINER OF TWO RECORDED BLOCKS OF SIX. ONLY THREE BLOCKS ARE KNOWN ON OR OFF COVER, ALL OF WHICH ARE IN THE ISLANDER COLLECTION. AN IMPORTANT RARITY OF CHILE AND SOUTH AMERICA IN GENERAL.

The 1854 Lithograph stamps are extremely rare in multiples. Only one unused pair is recorded, and strips of three or larger are rare on or off cover. As for blocks, there are just three: 1) the block of fourteen on the cover to Valparaiso offered in this sale as lot 119; 2) the block of six offered here, ex Caspary and Galvez; and 3) block of six, ex Walters and Galvez, offered in this sale as lot 121.

Ex Caspary and Galvez (where it realized 12,000 Swiss francs in 1979)

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